Interesting but dangerous information has appeared on the Internet for owners of Android smartphones. However, the innocent-looking wallpaper, which many users can install, contains an unpleasant surprise in addition, because it is harmful.
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This malicious wallpaper can paralyze the entire Android operating system and literally bury your smartphone. Also consider this article as a warning to read this or. he definitely didn't install a similar wallpaper on his Android smartphone.
Wallpaper with malicious code
If you set this wallpaper on your device, there is a possibility that the smartphone will remain really paralyzed. It will not help to turn it on again, restart the device, or otherwise start up. The problem can only be stopped by restoring the factory settings, which results in the loss of user data.
WARNING AND
Never set this picture as wallpaper, especially for Samsung mobile phone users!
It will cause your phone to crash!
Don't try it!
If anyone sends you this picture, please ignore it. pic.twitter.com/rVbozJdhkL- Ice universe (@UniverseIce) May 31, 2020
The image is known to affect smartphones from companies Samsung, OnePlus, Nokia, Xiaomi, until the end pixel, but also others, each having different effects. The negative news was revealed on the social network Twitter by a well-known account with information leaks called Ice Universe.
When I tried to upload the original image (left) to Weibo, I found that its color had changed (right). At this time, the image became harmless, but when uploaded to Twitter, the original image still does not change color, still harmful. So I suspect it may be related to color gamut pic.twitter.com/0A1PlUqlpv
- Ice universe (@UniverseIce) May 31, 2020
The problem is reportedly not related to Huawei smartphones at the moment, but it is definitely not appropriate to try it. Thanks to the selected image, the smartphone will be stuck in an endless boot sequence, which prevents the device from restarting.
Is a color profile to blame?
According to the discussions of users on social networks Reddit and Twitter, the problem is caused by the color profile of the respective wallpaper. The image is said to exceed Android's color compatibility limits and may cause the system to fail. However, this problem is individual and the effects on individual devices vary.
There is also a possibility in the game that the wallpaper contains malicious code, which is the source of the error when restarting the device. The issue has been submitted to Google's developers, and their response should be known soon.
However, if your smartphone also fails, you only have to rely on restoring the factory settings, which leads to a page of non-backed up user data. The second option is to enter the "Safe mode" of the phone and change the wallpaper by setting it. Subsequent launch should already be possible.
Have you encountered a similar problem? Did you install the wallpaper that caused your smartphone technical issues? Feel free to write us your comments in the discussion below the article.
